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No rest for Woods with lucrative China event in sights
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-11-08 10:35

 

Just as Spaniard Seve Ballesteros was able to nullify his erratic driving in the late 1970s and early 1980s with miraculous recoveries, so too Woods has been able to stay in regular contention for titles despite his radar being off-beam.

tiger woodsThe 29-year-old American, unquestionably the best player in the game since Jack Nicklaus, is known for his unwavering desire to win, his prodigious length off the tee, his creative short game, his work ethic and attention to detail.

However, his ability to conjure Houdini-like escapes from thick rough or from under the trees has time and again secured him pars or even birdies.

At last week's season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta, where he finished second behind surprise winner Bart Bryant, Woods led the driving distance category with a massive average of 324 yards but was rock-bottom in driving accuracy.

SEVE-STYLE MAGIC

Not that it mattered too much. On more than one occasion at East Lake Golf Club, Woods missed the fairway but ended up so close to the green that he was able to birdie the hole with a touch of Seve-style magic.

His 2005 PGA Tour campaign was no different. He won six times in 21 starts despite languishing 188th out of 202 in driving accuracy with a percentage of 54.6.

He finished second in the driving charts with an average of 316.1 yards but, most importantly, led the scoring averages with 68.66 and also the birdie average with 4.57 per round.

The 10-times major winner ended up sixth in greens in regulation, with a percentage of 69.9, and was joint fifth in the putting charts with an average of 1.731 per hole.
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